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Historical andtheoretical analyses form the basis of ourengagement with Film, and ourundergraduate students have theopportunity to complement these perspectives with practical filmmaking to enhancetheir understanding. Alongside ourMAFilmprogramme, we also offeraFilmwithPracticevariation to enable filmmakers to enhancetheir skills in asupportive setting, producing adissertation by film practice. Similarly,alongside our traditional PhD in Film, we also offeraPhD in Film: Practice as Research, where filmmaking contributes to aportion of the thesis. Based in theSchool of Arts at Kent, our Film programmesbenefit from excellent facilitiesincluding studios,editing suites,and an extensive film collectioninthe Templeman Library. Our campus offers two cinemas: the Gulbenkian, apubliccinema and theatre, andthe Lupino, adedicatedcinemafor students in the School of Arts. Thehigh-speed train means Canterbury is less than an hour away from London, providing convenient access to theBritish Film Institute,Leicester Square and IMAX cinemas, andthe BritishLibrary.Webenefit from our proximity to mainland Europe, with Eurostar access to Paris, wherewealso offer our taught (non- practice) MA in Film.

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At Kent we offerundergraduate,taught MA andPhD programmes in Film.

Historical andtheoretical analyses form the basis of ourengagement with Film, and ourundergraduate students have theopportunity to complement these perspectives with practical filmmaking to enhancetheir understanding. Alongside ourMAFilmprogramme, we also offeraFilmwithPracticevariation to enable filmmakers to enhancetheir skills in asupportive setting, producing adissertation by film practice. Similarly,alongside our traditional PhD in Film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (p39) Pain and Glory (p8) How Stella Got Her Groove Back (p33) we also offeraPhD in Film: Practice as Research, where filmmaking contributes to aportion of the thesis. BOOKING DATES IN PERSON & PREVIEWS 4 REGULAR PROGRAMME Based in theSchool of Arts at Kent, our Film programmesbenefit from excellent RELAXED SCREENING 27 AFRICAN ODYSSEYS, 44 facilitiesincluding studios,editing suites,and an extensive film collectioninthe PATRONS AND CHAMPIONS bfi.org.uk/whatson MEMBER EXCLUSIVES 7 WOMAN WITH A MOVIE 45 Templeman Library. Mon 29 Jul (from 11:30) 020 7928 3232 CAMERA, EXPERIMENTA MEMBERS NEW RELEASES 8 Our campus offers two cinemas: the Gulbenkian, apubliccinema and theatre, 11:30 – 20:30 daily andthe Lupino, adedicatedcinemafor students in the School of Arts. Tue 30 Jul (from 11:30) PROJECTING THE ARCHIVE, 46 RE-RELEASES 12 SILENT CINEMA PUBLIC In person Thehigh-speed train means Canterbury is less than an hour away from London, 11:00 – 20:30 daily Tue 6 Aug (from 11:30) SEASONS BFI FAMILIES 48 providing convenient access to theBritish Film Institute,Leicester Square and IMAX cinemas, andthe BritishLibrary.Webenefit from our proximity to mainland IT’S... MONTY PYTHON AT 50 14 FUTURE FILM, SENIORS 50 Europe, with Eurostar access to Paris, wherewealso offer our taught (non- CARY GRANT 24 TERROR VISION, BUG, 51 JOIN TODAY FOR PRIORITY BOOKING AND DISCOUNTS: BFI.ORG.UK/JOIN practice) MA in Film. BFI COURSE ANGELA BASSETT 30 BFI PLAYER 52 Further information The BFI is proud to screen on film where possible, showcasing restorations BIG SCREEN CLASSICS 34 01227 768896 and sourcing archive prints from our partners. LIBRARY, MEDIATHEQUE 54 SPECIAL FILMS & EVENTS 38 [email protected] Look out for 16mm, 35mm or 70mm in the film credits. SHOP, BFI IMAX 56 www.kent.ac.uk/arts Cover: Midnight Cowboy (p13) Talent Q&As and rare appearances, plus a chance for you to catch the latest film and TV before anyone else

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Image: The Dead Don’t Die We’ve selected these key The Third Man classics (many newly restored) 70th Anniversary Release + intro by for you to enjoy, with plenty of Angela Allen, Continuity Supervisor* screening dates to choose from UK 1949. Dir Carol Reed. With Orson Welles, (see pull-out calendar) Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard. 105min. Digital. PG. A STUDIOCANAL release Discover why this mystery-thriller has often been rated as the greatest British film of all time Writer Holly Martins (Cotten) arrives in post-war, Allies-occupied Vienna to meet his old friend Harry Lime (Welles), with the promise of work. Discovering that Lime is dead, and warned away from Vienna on account of his friend’s criminal activities, Martins starts investigating the circumstances surrounding Lime’s demise. Graham Greene’s note- perfect screenplay, the sound of Anton Karas’ zither, Robert Krasker’s expressionist photography, Reed’s tight direction and a charismatic turn by the great Orson Welles make The Third Man an unmissable piece of cinema. Justin Johnson, Lead Programmer

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is bleak and for best film, director and ® FROM FRI SEP 13 Midnight CowboyMidnight Release 50th Anniversary won Oscars won Programmer Lead Johnson, Justin See p5 for a special event USA 1969. Dir John Schlesinger. With Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro. Digital 113min. 4K. 18. A BFI release Cowboy Midnight rating, X its Despite screenplay. Fifty years on, it has never better looked After a year uncertainty of when he almost decided to film leave behind, Hoffman (against industry advice) took the role seedy of conman ‘Ratso’ Rizzo and delivered a remarkable performance. is Voight equally impressive as naive young Texan Joe Buck, arrives who in New believing York that women will be falling his at feet, finds but himself sharing with a squat his unlikely ally. Midnight Cowboy uncompromising, its yet at heart is an affectionate friendship between two drifters, set against a great John Barry soundtrack. celebrate We the film’s 50th anniversary with a new digital 4K restoration. Carefully curated collections of film and TV, which showcase an influential genre, theme or talent

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Pythonland Plus intro by Nancy Lewis, Monty Python’s + BBC 1999. Dir Ralph Lee. 25min Michael Palin revisits Monty Python filming locations. * US manager, Sat 1 Sep

SAT 7 SEPSAT NFT3**15:20 sketches were filmed SUN 1 SEP 17:30 NFT1* without a live audience and included the parrot sketch, nudge, nudge hell’sgrannies and some great Gilliam visuals. have If you don’t 23 hours to re-watchall four series then this is you. for Made on a very budget low and with the intention introducing of the Pythons to the American market, all theof favourite early Monty Python’s Flying Circus UK 1971. Dir IanUK 1971. MacNaughton. With John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones. 88min. Digital. PG + Q&A Completely Different And Now for Something with actor Carol Cleveland** with actor Carol

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Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones. 94min. 94min. Jones. Terry Idle, Eric Gilliam, Michael Palin, Chapman, Graham Terry Cleese, John With Jones. Terry 1979. Dir UK Digital. 15 + intro byeditorJulianDoyle* Monty Python’s LifeofBrian Brian of Life the accompanied originally that extra The Pythonesque Taylor. 13min Clare Cleese, John 1979. Dirs UK + classic. it acomedy make humour irreverent and lines quotable endlessly but its years, for many counties) UK certain (including world of the parts various in unseen was satire religious controversial This of followers. group afanatical by upon seized are that of coincidences aseries due to Messiah for the mistaken being life his spends Cohen Brian boy’: naughty he’s avery ‘He’s Messiah, not the 20:30 NFT1* 20:30 FRI 6SEP FRI Away From It All It From Away release. 20:40 NFT2 20:40 MON 9SEP MON 18:00 NFT1 18:00 SUN 22 SEP 22 SUN

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+ intro by director Terry Gilliam* Terry by director + intro FRI 27 SEP 18:10 NFT2 TUE SEP 17 20:40 NFT1* Jabberwocky Dir TerryUK 1977. Gilliam. With Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier. Digital 101min. 4K. PG A couple years of after Holy Grail and with a similar setting, Gilliam’s first solo outing as director – inspired by Lewis Carroll’s poem – utilised his visual skills and eye for detail to great effect.

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SUN 29 SEP 17:15 NFT3 Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus Fliegender Python’s Monty 20:30 NFT3 FRI SEP 13 A German TV exclusive. + Germany Dir 1972. Ian Macnaughton. with an adoring and vocal crowd interacting wherever possible. Alongside Python (and pre-Python) live sketches is some filmed material from the German TV specials. Ep1 45min Ian MacNaughton (film footage). Palin, Michael Cleese, John With Idle, Eric Gilliam, Terry Chapman, Graham Terry Jones. 80min. 35mm 15 Filmed duringtheir run four-day at the Bowl in 1980, and released after the success huge Brian of Life of film gives a sense the of rock-star status Python hadachieved worldwide, UK 1982. Dir Terry Hughes (live footage), Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl 18 IT’S... MONTY PYTHON AT 50 book onlineat bfi.org.uk book on available Also watch. to ajoy are Smith Maggie heand both and script, the wrote Palin Michael Church. the and patron of his side wrong the on him leaves which however, unorthodox, alittle be to prove methods His (Smith). Ames of Lady patronage the under London’s End, in East women fallen supporting role anew given is away and 10 years after London to returns (Palin) A missionary Digital. 15 86min. Elliott. Denholm Howard, Trevor Smith, Maggie Palin, Michael With UK 1982. Dir Richard Loncraine. The Missionary UK RestorationPremiere: 20:45 NFT1 20:45 WED 4 SEP

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series presented this presented series Image: Ludwig Shammasian Ludwig Image: DOC THU 5 SEP NFT1 18:20 And Now for Something RatherAnd Now for Something Similar + discussion BBC Imagine Dir 2014. Jack Cocker. TRT 110min As the Pythons prepared their for mammoth season gigs of the at O2 in London inAlan 2014, Yentob’s Imagine unsentimental and uncompromising thelook at team and their careers. Cocker’sJack piece provides one of the most telling observations the of era. Python

DOC FRI 27 SEP NFT320:20 Monty Python: The Meaning of Live Monty Python: The Meaning UK TV Gold Dirs 2014. Roger Graef, James Rogan. 90min This candid andrevealing documentary follows the Monty Python team as they re-form and a marathon play shows10 The O2 arena at in London. this access, unprecedented With observational portrait reveals the chaoshumour, and passion that went into creating the ‘Monty Python Live (mostly): One Down, Five to Go’ shows. alsoIt includes newly found archive revealing how Monty Python pioneered stadium with comedy, rare footage from early live shows, including their ‘1st1973 Farewell Tour’.

SAT 14 SEP 14 SAT NFT1 18:20 is great fun. SAT 7 SEPSAT 13:00 NFT1* David Rappaport, Michael Palin, John Cleese. Cleese. John Palin, Michael Rappaport, David Digital.116min. PG UK 1981. DirUK 1981. Terry Gilliam. With Craig Warnock, A band outlaws of use time holes to jump between different historic events and enroute seem to pick up a schoolboy named Kevin… Before long they meet Robin Hood (Cleese), Agamemnon Holm), (Ian Napoleon (Sean Connery), an ogre and a giant, among others. With great visuals, a witty script and an incredible cast, Time Bandits See p48 for a family screening Time Bandits + intro Charlton, by Valerie Supervising Model Maker*

TUE 1 OCT 20:40 NFT2 18:20 NFT318:20 MON 23 SEP Michael Rimmer (Cook) turns up at the script with Peter Cook and Kevin Billington, and the resulting comedy features appearances from stars such as Harold Pinter, Denholm Elliott and Dennis Price. UK Dir 1970. Kevin Billington. With Peter Cook, Vanessa Howard, Arthur Lowe, John Cleese, Graham Chapman. 98min. 35mm 15 The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer a small advertising agency and soon makes a meteoric rise up a ladder that knows end. no With Downing Street in his sights, his unstoppable ambition sees many falling in his wake. Chapman and Cleese wrote 20 IT’S... MONTY PYTHON AT 50 book onlineat bfi.org.uk book bfi.org.uk see episodes of breakdown for calendar, pull-out see timings For £25 ticket £15, two-day ticket day Tickets £6.50 per session, Inquisition! The Spanish (unexpectedly) and Dance Slapping TheFish- Nose, His Up Recorder aTape- with TheMan Walks, of Silly Tour, TheMinistry Cycling Pither’s Mr revisit for to you It’s time Creosote. of Mr worthy abinge in back-to-back series TV legendary whole of this the screen we’ll weekend one over sessions six In Flying Circus The CompleteMontyPython’s STUDIO SAT 14 SEP STUDIO 15 SEP SUN

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SUN 8 SEP 17:40 NFT1 Do Not Adjust Your Set + discussion Do Not Adjust Your ITV 1968. Dir Daphne Shadwell. With Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, David Jason,Denise Coffey. TRT 110min This evening we’ll screen two episodes (one newly recovered) the of pre-Python comedy sketch show, featuring the distinctive music of The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.

SUN 8 SEP 15:00 NFT1 PRE-PYTHON PICKS PRE-PYTHON appearances early of footage Recovered extra material that will be included, alongside two last recovered editions from the series. This material has not previously been shown our at popular Missing Believed Wiped events. and this afternoon we’ll also exclusively preview some the of The series has now been lovingly pieced together a BFI for release, ITV Dir Ian 1967. Fordyce. With John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman, Tim 90min TRT Macdonald. Aimi Brooke-Taylor, + Q&AAt Last the 1948 Show with actors Aimi Macdonald and Tim Brooke-Taylor 22 IT’S... MONTY PYTHON AT 50 book onlineat bfi.org.uk book less) £2 pay (Members £12 2£15, concs Part with ticket Joint series.’ TV of the days early those at in work of Python material movie only the almost remains and bit of footage honest an at least, it is, way that In boredom. its was day that Icaptured of filming aspect unique the that now, back Irealise ‘Looking Palin. says stagecoach,’ a passing up holds Moore [highwayman] as Cleese John which in a sequence for preparation of the film took and off 1971. ‘I amorning had autumn in Jersey in shot was footage This + screen. big the on movies home 8mm Palin’s Michael see to chance aunique plus spots, guest to videos corporate from Everything c.90min TRT Oddities andRaritiesPart1 irritating... more generally things make and you to annoy program this We interrupt ODDITIES ANDRARITIES 15:20 NFT1 15 SEP SUN TICKET Michael JOINT JOINT

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contemporary, cutting-edge show that took pot shots and late-70s at 80s Britain – lampooning pop videos, breakfast punk TV, rock and Margaret Join Thatcher. the show’s producer, John Lloyd, and others (tba) to revisit this fondly remembered and highly respected series.

Not O’Clock the Nine News Monty Python’s Flying Circus MON 30 SEP 18:10 NFT1 finished, many TV pundits heralded the death the of as sketch the show, Python’s brilliant deconstructionof the genre seemed to make impossible it to launch a traditional sketch show. However, brilliantly demonstrated this wasn’t the case and delivered a fast-paced, Not the Nine O’Clock News at 40 + discussion Not the Nine O’Clock News BBC Dirs 1979. Bill Wilson, Geoff Posner, Bob Spiers. With Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, GriffRhys Jones, Pamela Stephenson. TRT 100min When

Rutland Weekend Television Rutland Weekend FRI 20 SEP 18:00 NFT3 An episode from the series that introduced the world to The Rutles. Ricky Fataar, George Harrison, Bianca Jagger. 76min. 12A + BBC Dir 1976. Ian Keill. With Eric Idle, Neil Innes, Henry Woolf, Gwen Taylor, 30min Battley. David Neil Innes With Eric Idle, Neil Innes, John Halsey, Eric brilliant Idle’s mockumentary on the rise the of ‘Pre-Fab Four’ perfectly blended the worlds Pythonof and The Beatles. He was assisted ably by ex-Bonzo Neil Innes, whose Beatle pastiche songs would become fan favourites and stand the test time. of UK-USA Dirs 1978. Eric Idle, Gary Weis. The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash The Rutles: All You + Q&A with actor and musician ‘ARCHIE LEACH THE DROPOUT/RUNAWAY FROM BRISTOL STUDIED MEN LIKE NOËL COWARD AND BECAME CARY GRANT’ CARY GRANT

Cary Grant was a true one-off, a naturally gifted performer with the ability to mix up light and dark, writes season programmer Justin Johnson By the 1940s, Cary Grant was fully established as one of cinema’s biggest stars and seemed to have left Archibald Leach and his Bristol roots behind, but his relationship with the UK continued throughout his life. After a drop in his box-office hit rate in the early 50s, his appearance in To Catch a Thief re-ignited his career, which continued until his retirement in 1966, 20 years before his death. In real terms, his career was relatively short, but he made a significant number of films during this period, many of which are considered cinema classics. In the final part of our Cary Grant season we see him excel in the comedy, romance and thriller genres.

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Cary Grant Season Guide Image 2019-08.indd 1 06/06/2019 13:54 CARY GRANT 25 @BFI THU SEP 19 18:15 NFT3 35mm PG SAT 14 SEP 14 SAT 20:30 NFT3 Once Upon a Honeymoon USA 1942. Dir Leo McCarey. With Cary Grant, Slezak. Walter Dekker, Albert Rogers, Ginger 115min. An American burlesque dancer (Rogers) passes herself off as a socialite and marries an Austrian Baron during the early stages of WWII. A journalist (Grant) tries to charm her into giving up information on her husband, believing that he has Trapped sympathies. inNazi Poland with danger surroundingthem, the two must take drasticaction. With comic moments successfully sitting alongside the darker drama, Once Upon a Honeymoon proved a great vehicle Grant for and Rogers.

For a masterclass in precision comedy you should look further, no with both the leads at top their of game and clearly relishing every quip and move.

SAT 7 SEPSAT 16:00 NFT1 TUE 3 SEP 20:30 NFT1 Bringing Up Baby USA 1938. Dir Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, Grant plays David Huxley, a palaeontologist workingon brontosaurusa museum’s skeleton, while Hepburn plays Susan Vance, Walter Catlett. 102min. 35mm Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, with support from an eccentric heiress. When their paths cross chaos it’s – especially the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation. U with the added complication of Baby, petSusan’s leopard.

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(1959). TALK MON 2 SEP NFT318:30 To Catch a Thief (1955) and NorthTo by Northwest and professional relationship that resulted in four classic films: Suspicion (1941), Notorious Tickets £6.50 Tickets Mark Glancy will examine the personal have seemed unlikely collaborators when they first met in the 1939, but debonair comedian and the macabre ‘master suspense’ of enriched each other’s work immeasurably. In this season talk, author and lecturer Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock must TRT 90min Shadows and Light: Alfred Hitchcock and Cary GrantAlfred 26 CARY GRANT book onlineat bfi.org.uk book classic. astone-cold considered now Capra’s comedy, dark Frank in worse bad to from go things as overplayed but it’s delightfully performance, his with unhappy was Grant suffering. their ending they’re that belief the in gentlemen lonely murder they secret; aterrible harbouring are women sweet these that discover to only aunts, elderly his visits Brewster Mortimer married Newly 117min. Lorre. Peter Massey, Raymond Lane, Priscilla Grant, Cary With Capra. Frank Dir 1944. USA Arsenic andOldLace 17:40 NFT1 17:40 15 SEP SUN 35mm PG 35mm 20:35 NFT3 17 SEP TUE fantasy-comedy is an amusing treat. amusing an is fantasy-comedy Koster’s Henry wife. ever-distant his –and parish the with bond of his envious is and him to doesn’t warm Henry popularity, Dudley’s Despite out. him help to looking that’s angel an be to who claims (Grant), of Dudley form the it in receives He cathedral. new for his money the find to intervention for divine who prays abishop Henry, plays Niven David U Digital. 109min. Niven. David Haden, Sara Young, Loretta Grant, Cary With Koster. 1947.USA Henry Dir The Bishop’s Wife 20:30 NFT2 20:30 5SEP THU 18:00 NFT3 18:00 SEP 30 MON their hearts... their follow to right were they whether consider to forced they’re liability, a becomes pit money upper.’ this As a‘fixer termed be whaton could much money too far spent have they that clear it becomes arrival, Upon city. big the ditch and Connecticut in property alarge buy to decide family Blandings the apartment, York New small their upwith Fed 92min. Myrna Loy, Douglas, Reginald Melvyn Denny. Grant, Cary With Potter. HC Dir 1948. USA Dream House Mr. BlandingsBuilds His 20:45 NFT2 20:45 13 SEP FRI 35mm U 35mm 15:40 NFT2 15:40 SEP 22 SUN

of physical comedy and versatility. and comedy of physical realm the in a genius himself proved he again but yet Frenchman, unlikely an been have may Grant accordingly. dressing and core, women’s the joining temporarily out by smuggled be to need US he’ll the he’s it to But if other. make to for each fall they fighting, initially after and, Germany post-war in (Sheridan) aUS Lieutenant meets (Grant) officer army A French U Digital. 105min. Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart. Sheridan, Ann Grant, Cary With USA-UK 1949. Dir Howard Hawks. (aka You Can’t SleepHere) I Was aMaleWar Bride 18:10 NFT3 18:10 SAT 7SEP 15:50 NFT3 15:50 SUN 15 SEP SUN

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WED 25 SEP 25 WED 20:40 NFT1 SAT 14 SEP 14 SAT 13:30 NFT2 An Affair to Remember An Affair 114min. Digital.114min. U USA 1957. DirUSA Leo 1957. McCarey. With Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Patterson. Neva Denning, Richard Despite having ‘significant others’, social-climber Nickie (Grant) and nightclub singer Terry (Kerr) meet on board a cruise ship and fall in love, promising to meet again six months thelater at top the of Empire State Building the in at But New York. agreed time, only one them of shows Grantup... and Kerr are both superb in this enjoyable tear-jerking romance with more than a hint of comedy.

a wealthy tourist (Kelly) along the Hitchcockway. persuaded Grant – waswho reconsidering his future in film – to take the role, and proved it a masterstroke director for and actor alike. SUN 29 SEP 15:00 NFT2

FRI 27 SEP 14:30 NFT3 FRI 20 SEP 18:20 NFT1 18:20 MON 2 SEP 20:50 NFT1 To Catch a Thief Catch To USA 1955. Dir Alfred Hitchcock. With Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis,John Williams. 106min. Digital. PG A string jewel of heists on the French Riviera leads the police to believe that retired cat-burglar John Robie (Grant) is up to his tricks. old This pushes him to search the for real thief, accidentally falling for

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TUE 24 SEP 20:40 NFT3 THU SEP 12 20:50 NFT1 Relaxed screenings are presented each month those for in the neuro-diverse community and their carers and assistants. More detailed information can be found at Relaxed Screening Mon 9 Sep 14:00 NFT3. Tickets £3 bfi.org.uk/relaxed Dr Fulton (Grant) is a scientist working on a rejuvenating elixir that gets mixed into the water cooler by one the of USA 1952. Dir Howard Hawks. With Cary Grant, Monkey Business Ginger Rogers, Coburn, Charles Ginger Marilyn Monroe. 97min. Digital. U testlab’s monkeys. Reverting to his younger self, he plays truant and spends time with his co-worker (Monroe). wife When Fulton’s (Rogers) also partakes, mayhem ensues. This was the last film Grant and Hawks collaborated on, concluding a hugely successful partnership. Indiscreet Houseboat North by Northwest Charade UK-USA 1958. Dir Stanley Donen. USA 1958. Dir Melville Shavelson. USA 1959. Dir Alfred Hitchcock. USA 1963. Dir Stanley Donen. With Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, With Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, With Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, With Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Phyllis Calvert. 99min. Digital. PG Harry Guardino. 110min. 35mm U James Mason, Martin Landau. 136min. Walter Matthau, James Coburn. 113min. A successful London-based theatre A widower with three children resists Digital. PG Digital. PG actress, who’s decided that her the offer of help from his wealthy In a case of mistaken identity, an Returning from holiday to discover relationship days are behind her, falls in-laws and tries to raise them on advertising executive is kidnapped, that her apartment has been cleared for an American banker who tells her his own – with some help from almost killed and then chased across out and her husband killed, Regina he’s married but separated. As their a sophisticated Italian nanny (Loren) the US. When he’s wrongly suspected Lampert (Hepburn) finds herself on romance develops, it becomes clear who, like him, has no domestic skills. of murder the police join the search the run from several men who believe that he’s holding back more than he’s The original script was written by for him too. Hitchcock’s final she’s hiding a fortune. She meets letting on. After their success in Grant’s wife Betsy Drake, who was collaboration with Grant contains a charming American (Grant) who Notorious, Bergman and Grant were also due to star, but their relationship some of the most iconic scenes in initially helps her, but can she really reunited for this glossy rom-com, broke down as he was having an the history of Hollywood cinema trust him? Grant was nominated and deftly moves between genres, for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for

CARY GRANT CARY which made great early use of affair with Loren, and the script was split screen. drastically re-written. with Grant excelling throughout. this role, yet only made two more See p48 for a families screening This thrilling film is essential films after Charade. big-screen viewing. Also available on Also available on

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Join us this month as we celebrate the great Angela Bassett and showcase her best work, invites season programmer Jan Asante Bassett is one of the most captivating screen stars of her generation, with an illustrious career spanning over 30 years, traversing every genre from intimate indie drama (Boyz n the Hood) to heart-stopping musical biopic (What’s Love Got to Do with It) to dystopian, action-fuelled thriller (Strange Days). Bassett’s regal presence and undeniable versatility have come to define her signature star power, and she’s firmly established herself as an iconic leading lady. An electrifying character actor, director and producer, she’s also seen as one of the finest and most beloved artists to have emerged from the early 90s wave of new American cinema.

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TUE 1 OCT 18:00 NFT3 THU SEP 12 20:40 NFT3 nominated performances, as the 1960s musical Ike duo and Tina, embroiled in a passionate, volatile and violent marital union. What’s Love Got to Do with It What’s USA 1993. Dir Brian Gibson. Fishburne, Laurence Bassett, Angela With RaéVen Kelly. Digital. 118min. 18 The extraordinary true-life tale of rock music legend Tina Turner’s tumultuous rise to fame against all odds reunites Boyz the n Hood co-stars Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. The pair sizzle on screen in Oscar

SUN SEP 15 NFT218:30 SAT 7 SEPSAT 19:15 NFT2 Also available on Malcolm X USA-Japan 1992. Dir Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee. 202min. 35mm 15 Slain civil-rights leader MalcolmX is strikingly immortalised in Spike Lee’s panoramic biopic, tracing his remarkable transformation from incarcerated juvenile felon to globally- renowned religious statesman. Denzel Washington delivers an electrifying performance asthe charismatic controversial and minister, while co-star Angela Bassett brings understated, stoic elegance to her portrayal of his devoted wife, Dr Betty Shabazz.

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This landmark by debut the late John Singleton signalled a new wave 90sof urban drama, delivering breakthrough roles Cuba for Gooding Jr, Angela Bassett and Ice Cube. When (Gooding young Tre Jr) is sent to live with his strict disciplinarian father Furious Styles (Fishburne), he must reckon with the complexities of masculinity, violence and gentrification in inner-city Los Angeles. Boyz n the Hood USA Dir 1991. John Singleton. With Cuba Gooding Laurence Jr, Fishburne, 112min. King. Bassett,Angela Regina 15 Digital. Strange Days Strange

TALK TUE 3 SEP NFT318:20 Tickets £6.50 Tickets This conversation to launch our season will celebrate the trailblazing career the of African-American actor, producer anddirector, and will consider whereher iconic status sits within the current politics cinema, of stardom and representation. Join us anfor exhilarating exploration the of substance, style and star power of Angela Bassett, hosted by season programmer Jan Asante THINK of Cinematic, with featured insights from special guests. The Rise of Angela Bassett TRT 90min Trailblazer: Trailblazer: 32 ANGELA BASSETT book onlineat bfi.org.uk book amurderous into deep spirals sci-fi provocative Bigelow’s Kathryn Director Lewis). and (Bassett life his in women the to allegiance polarising his by outlaw, driven technology underworld an becomes (Fiennes) Nero Lenny ex-policeman Conflicted 145min. Digital. Lewis. 18 Juliette Bassett, Angela Fiennes, Ralph With Bigelow. Kathryn Dir 1995. USA Strange Days 17:30 NFT2 17:30 SEP SAT 21 20:10 NFT3 20:10 SEP SAT 28

the new millennium. millennium. new the of eve the on Angeles of Los streets the ignite to threatens that race-war escalating an and corruption police taboo, sexual reality, of virtual maze Seale (Vance). Bobby and (Chong) PNewton Huey co-founders spotlighting screen, for the novel father’s his adapted Van Peebles, Melvin filmmaker radical of 1970s son Peebles, Van Mario state. of the enemies as FBI the by many, hunted yet by heroes as hailed were Defense for Self- Party Panther Black the movement; political 1960s a seminal behind history the revisits Panther 15 Digital. 124min. BCourtney Vance, Angela Bassett. With Marcus Chong, Kadeem Hardison, Peebles. Van Mario Dir 1995. USA-UK Panther 20:30 NFT2 20:30 19 SEP THU 17:30 NFT3 17:30 SEP 22 SUN

Oscar Bassett, Angela and Houston Whitney including cast all-star an With 15 35mm 123min. Rochon. Lela Devine, Loretta With Whitney Angela Bassett, Houston, Whitaker. Forest Dir 1995. USA Waiting toExhale love evade them all? all? them evade love for search the but will of friendship, bonds the in solidarity find (Devine) Gloria and (Rochon) Robin (Bassett), Bernadine (Houston), Savannah cinema. 90s female-centred black, in moment alandmark – marked McMillan Terry by novel best-selling the from debut –adapted directorial 20:30 NFT2 20:30 SEP SAT 21 ® -winner Forest Whitaker’s Whitaker’s Forest -winner 20:30 NFT2 20:30 SEP 27 FRI

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TUE 1 OCT 20:30 NFT3 in this SUN 29 SEP 17:20 NFT2 17:20 SAT 28SAT SEP 17:50 NFT2 Also available on Chi-Raq USA Dir 2015. Spike Lee. With Nick Cannon, Bassett, Angela Parris, Teyonah Cusack. John Jackson, L Samuel Digital.127min. 15 Director Spike Lee invokes the ancient Greek comedy Lysistrata provocative musical intervention on warfare in the streets Southside of Chicago. When an innocent child falls victim to a stray bullet, Lysistrata (Paris) challenges the values of boyfriend Chi-Raq (Cannon), inspiring neighbourhood women to stage a sex-strike, and sparking a movement protesting racial injustice and violence in America.

MON 30 SEP 20:15 NFT3 35mm 15 WED 25 SEP 25 WED 20:30 NFT2 Sunshine State USA 2002. Dir John Sayles. With Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Douglas. Cullen Hutton, Timothy 141min. When out-of-town real estate developers descend upon the sleepy coastal enclave Delrona of Beach, Florida, theallure big of money weighs precariously against the daunting prospect irreversible of change and the dismantling of community. Angela Bassett, Edie Falco and Timothy Hutton anchor a powerful ensemble cast in John Sayles’ quietly contemplative indie drama.

Pleasure and panic prevail as Stella reconciles her impeccably structured corporate lifestyle and motherhood, with her passionate desire her for free-spirited, younger lover.

SUN 8 SEP 17:30 NFT3 20:40 NFT3 TUE 3 SEP When high-flying 40-something stockbroker Stella (Bassett) and her rebellious friend Delilah (Goldberg) take a lavish trip to Jamaica, an unlikely suitor, in the form of dashing young islander Winston (Diggs), sweeps Shakespeare Stella off her feet. USA 1998. Dir Kevin Rodney Sullivan. With Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg, Regina King, How Stella Got Her Groove Back How Stella Got Her Groove Taye Diggs.Taye 124min. 35mm 15 The timeless films we urge you to see (for just £8), programmed by theme

TURMOIL! This month, as in August, The Green Ray Le Rayon vert The Bridges of Madison County Suddenly, Last Summer our daily screenings of + intro by Geoff Andrew, USA 1995. Dir Clint Eastwood. + intro by Simon McCallum, Programmer-at-large* With Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, BFI National Archive Curator* classic movies centre Annie Corley. 135min. Digital. 12A France 1986. Dir Eric Rohmer. USA-UK 1959. Dir Joseph L Mankiewicz. on emotional and With Marie Rivière, Vincent Gauthier, Carita, Eastwood’s marvellously sensitive With Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, psychological turmoil: on Béatrice Romand. 98min. Digital. EST. 12A yet understated adaptation of Robert Montgomery Clift, Mercedes McCambridge. Refusing to spend her August holidays James Waller’s novel depicts, slowly 114min. Digital 4K. 15 people undergoing crises in Paris, Delphine (Rivière) samples but surely, the deepening of feelings Scripted by Gore Vidal and Tennessee of confusion, fear, grief, a range of summer destinations, but harboured by Francesca (Streep), Williams from the latter’s play, this crippling uncertainty or whether she’s alone or with friends, a hitherto happily married woman sees Clift as a promising young doctor turbulent painful passion. none satisfies... Rohmer’s indecisive living in the Iowa farmlands, and observing a disturbed young woman protagonist suffers confusion, Robert (Eastwood), a photographer who’s seemingly traumatised after The cinema, which can frustration and loneliness, yet still visiting the region. What first seems the death of her cousin, and whose range from miniaturist dreams of finding happiness. a harmless flirtation turns into a aunt believes she should undergo subtlety to heady Completely improvised (though it romance of enormous emotional brain surgery. Set in 30s New Orleans, doesn’t look it), the film is a quiet turbulence and results in one of the Suddenly, Last Summer is a heady brew expressionism (think miracle of realist observation, great weepies of the modern era. that reflects the psychological The Green Ray and The philosophical reflection and profoundly turmoil of the hospitalised patient. Night of the Hunter), was affecting human compassion. surely made for exploring Also available on such extremes. GEOFF ANDREW, PROGRAMMER-AT-LARGE WED 4 SEP MON 23 SEP FRI 27 SEP SUN 1 SEP SAT 7 SEP WED 18 SEP SAT 28 SEP Tickets for these screenings are only £8 18:15 NFT2* 20:45 NFT3 18:15 NFT3 15:00 STUDIO 20:20 NFT3 18:10 NFT1* 15:15 NFT3 BIG SCREEN CLASSICS book online at bfi.org.uk BIG SCREEN CLASSICS 35

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SUN SEP 15 18:10 NFT3 MON 2 SEP STUDIO 20:50 Adolphe Menjou, Mary Philips. 90min. PG Digital. A Farewell to Arms A Farewell USA 1932. Dir Frank Borzage. With Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, FrankBorzage’s version Hemingway’sof story about a womanising American WWI ambulance driver (Cooper) who unexpectedly falls madly in love with an English nurse (Hayes) is one the of most sublime romances in cinema. The three leads are superb (Menjou plays the American’s jealous, fatally meddling friend), Charles Lang’s camerawork is astonishing in its painterly precision, and Borzage’s commitment to the power love of total. Structured as an investigationinto the events that led to Dominique’s trial the murder, for recentlyrestored film is – characteristically Clouzot for – a cool, beady-eyed dissection of overheated passions, callous cruelty and moral confusion. THU SEP 19 14:30 NFT3 MON 9 SEP 18:00 NFT2 THU 5 SEP STUDIO20:25 La Vérité The Truth France-Italy 1960. Dir Henri-Georges Clouzot. WithBrigitte Bardot, SamiPaul Charles Meurisse. Frey, Vanel, 130min. Digital 4K. EST Brigitte Bardot gives her finest performance as Dominique, a young woman flees who a suffocatingly strict provincial the home for liberated late-50s lifestyle Paris’ of artsy Left Bank.

THU 26 SEP STUDIO 20:30 18:15 NFT2 FRI SEP 13 20:40 NFT3 FRI 6 SEP With Kirk Douglas, AnthonyQuinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown. 122min. PG Digital. thefor robust performances (especially Douglas’ Vincent and Quinn’s Gauguin), and Minnelli’s for focus on the paintings; their vibrant colours are beautifully matched by Freddie and Russell Young Harlan’s lustrous cinematography. It’s unsurprisingIt’s that many movies have been made about Gogh Van – USA 1956. Dir Vincente Minnelli. Minnelli. Vincente Dir 1956. USA for manyfor the epitome tormented, of creative genius. One the of first and finest these of films, John Houseman’s remains impressive production prestige Lust for Life 36 BIG SCREEN CLASSICS book onlineat bfi.org.uk book for life. a lust and sensuality youthful in revelling her observes simply writer-director the Monika, judge to Refusing her. upwith hecan’t keep feels Harry pragmatic routinely more the archipelago, the in holiday idyllic their notwithstanding that, spirit a free such is Monika Stockholm: 1950s early in teenagers of two affair blighted but passionate the on focuses career Bergman’s in landmark This EST. PG Digital. 97min. Harryson. John Ekborg, Lars Andersson, Harriet With Bergman. Ingmar Dir 1953. Sweden Sommaren medMonika Summer withMonika 18:40 STUDIO 12 SEP THU 20:30 STUDIO SEP 20 FRI

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WED 25 SEP 25 WED NFT1* 18:20 SAT 14 SEP 14 SAT 20:50 NFT2 of Davisof Grubb’s novel, while the performances have the forthright simplicity and power myth. of The Night of the Hunter Andrew, by Geoff + intro Programmer-at-large* USA 1955. Dir Charles Laughton. With RobertMitchum, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters, Billy Chapin. 92min. 12A Digital. Charles only film Laughton’s as director is an idiosyncratic masterpiece, drawing on expressionist horror, Biblical parable and American pastoral to relate the story two of children targeted Depression-era by a murderous rogue preacher (Mitchum, utterly remarkable). Stanley Cortez’s stunning cinematography captures the strange, dreamlike atmosphere

TUE 1 OCT 18:10 NFT2 SAT 28SAT SEP 20:30 NFT2 The Trial Le procès The Trial 1962. Germany France-Italy-West Dir Orson Welles. With Anthony Perkins, Moreau, Jeanne Orson Welles, PG Digital. 119min. Schneider. Romy dazzlinglyWelles’ inventive re-imagining Kafka’s of novel has Perkins perfectly cast as the neurotic, guilt-ridden Josef K, feebly defending himself against charges that remain frustratingly vague and seemingly insuperable. The bravura mise-en- scène, making nightmarishly vivid use epic of locations, suggests not it’s just the hapless protagonist in who’s turmoil, the but world itself. A darkly brilliant, scarily witty vision of apocalyptic entropy.

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A Clockwork Orange UK-USA 1971. Dir Stanley Kubrick. With Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee. 136min. Digital. 18 Set in a flamboyant, stylised near- future where gangs of disenfranchised teenagers indulge in narcotic cocktails and revel in acts of ‘ultraviolence’, Doctor Who: Mindwarp + Q&A with actors Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant Kubrick’s cult film centres on Alex UK 1986. Dir Ron Jones. With Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban, (McDowell) and his band of droogs. Brian Blessed. 4x25min. Courtesy of BBC Studios Withdrawn after its initial release, The Doctor is on trial for his life, Sixth Doctor with arch-villain Sil, ‘COME AND this adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ accused by the Time Lords of and marks the final appearance of decline-of-civilisation novel remains meddling in the affairs of other Nicola Bryant as companion Peri CELEBRATE A chilling, thrilling and unsettling. worlds. Here he faces arms dealer Brown. This version of the story TRIO OF BOND Also available on Sil (Shaban), and discovers that there contains a new 5.1 stereo surround Bring along your ticket from A Clockwork are plans afoot to transplant his mix and re-recorded music by ANNIVERSARIES Orange to ‘Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition’ leader’s brain into another body to original composer Richard Hartley. at The Design Museum to get 30% off prolong his life. This second story in Tickets £15, concs £12 (Members pay £2 less) WITH FILMS, at the box office ‘The Trial of a Time Lord’ season of Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 23 is SPECIAL GUESTS Doctor Who reunites Colin Baker’s released on Blu-ray on Mon 23 Sep AND REAL ASTON MARTIN CARS’ JUSTIN JOHNSON, LEAD PROGRAMMER MON 2 SEP SUN 8 SEP TUE 10 SEP SAT 14 SEP 18:10 STUDIO 20:00 NFT3 18:10 NFT2 12:00 NFT1 SPECIAL FILMS & EVENTS James Bond Day (p41) book online at bfi.org.uk SPECIAL FILMS & EVENTS 39 @BFI

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40th Anniversary Screening + Q&A with director + Q&A 40th Anniversary Screening SUN 1 SEP 14:30 NFT1 Alongside special guests, we celebrate BBC Dir 1979. John Irvin. With Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George 49min Sewell.Ep1 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Tinker Tailor Jayston John Irvin and actor Michael 40 years this of classic British TV series, based on the book by John Carré. le Alec Guinness stars – in a BAFTA- winning role – as British spy George Smiley, comes who retirement of out to down hunt a Russian spy buried deep within MI6. 40 SPECIAL FILMS & EVENTS book onlineat bfi.org.uk book Tue 24 Sep. opens booking Public Tue 17 and Sep opens booking Members BFI and Champions booking opens Mon 16 Sep, Patrons Dec. –30 14 Oct from Southbank Musicals! nationwide screens and at BFI person) per two to (up office box BFI the via advance in booked be must but free, are launch the to Tickets welcome). (all launch the following Riverfront BFI the in night club amusicals-themed be also will There experience. life-enhancing raising, hairs-on-the-back-of-your-arm- ajoyous, offering screen, big the on back rarities of musical a host and numbers spectacular most the stars, biggest the sees Musicals! BFI season. blockbuster forthcoming our to introduction (almost) all-dancing all-singing, for an guests special plus Baker Robin curator season Join 60min TRT BFI Musicals!Programme Launch 18:20 NFT1 10SEP TUE FREE

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. SUN 29 SEP 20:00 NFT1 Robert Carlyle, Denise Richards. 128min. 128min. Richards. Denise Carlyle, Robert Digital 4K. 12A The World Is Not Enough:The World 20th Anniversary Screening UK-USA 1999. Dir Michael Apted. Marceau, Sophie Brosnan, Pierce With Pierce third Brosnan’s outing as James Bond sees him on the trail of Renard (Carlyle),former a spy who’s thirsty revenge for after a botched MI6 mission left him with a bullet in his brain. With scenes set in a casino, a caviar factory and a submarine – along with some incredible action sequences another – it’s hugely enjoyable Bond. Coming full circle, the title was taken from a line in Secret Service + intro by composer David Arnold+ intro Ian Fleming’s book On Her Majesty’s

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+ discussion with Image: EON Productions EON Image: SUN 29 SEP 16:30 NFT1 a missing space shuttlein a quest that will take him (unsurprisingly) around the world and up beyond the atmosphere. This final Bond outing directorfor Lewis Gilbert and Richard Kiel’s Jaws is full quips, of gadgets and adventure, with Roger Moore on sparkling form. After the screening, our guest panel will celebrate James Bond films through the decades. Moonraker: 40th Anniversary Screening Arnold,Bond composer David writer and comedian David TBA guests more and Walliams UK-France Dir 1979. Lewis Gilbert. With Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Michael Lonsdale. 126min. Digital 4K. PG James Bond joins the space late-70s race in Moonraker

SUN 29 SEP NFT113:20 UK 1969. Dir Peter Hunt. With George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Desmond PG 4K. Digital 142min. Llewelyn. Following Sean Connery as Bond was biga ask, George but Lazenbybrought a physicality and different energy to the role that he only played once. Ripe re-appraisal, for this classic Bond features the return Blofeld of (Savalas this time around), a great John Barry score and some incredible stunt-led set pieces. Thisoffersmovie a tantalising glimpse of what might have been had Lazenby stayed longer. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Secret On Her Majesty’s 50th Anniversary Screening

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JOINT TICKET concs (Members £18 pay £3 less) Joint ticket offer: all three films for £24, Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Special Martin DBS Aston Edition, and also a heritage Aston Martin DBS – the same as the model seen in With thanks to EON Productionsand Martin Aston the work of producers Albert R ‘Cubby’ Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, who brought Ian Fleming’s James Bond to the big screen. delighted We’re that Aston Martin will be displaying their new On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) – outside the Light Box entrance in Theatre Avenuefrom 12noon until 6pm. Join us for a day of 007 as we celebrate James Bond Day JAMES BOND DAY BOND JAMES Be shaken and 42 SPECIAL FILMS & EVENTS book onlineat bfi.org.uk book punch. gut emotional an guarantee country, home his in wounded being son his with dealing father immigrant an to sibling absent of an return tense the from ranging stories, crafted beautifully These siblings. and children parents, between exist that dynamics complicated the follow shorts these emotion, with filled and personal messy, deeply Funny, 110min TRT with filmmakers Family Matters+Q&A 13 Sep 22 Fri –Sun crafts. the across talent filmmaking female celebrating festival film UK’s only The UNDERWIRE FILMFESTIVAL 14:45 NFT3 14:45 SAT 14 SEP Troubled Waters

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AFRICAN ODYSSEYS Inspirational films by and about the people of Africa, from archive classics to new cinema and docs We have something for everyone – whether you’re into silent treasures, horror cinema, experimental works or want to bring the kids to a Funday preview…

DOC ‘CARINE ADLER’S Capitaine Thomas Sankara + Q&A with Dr Ama Biney, Political Historian Switzerland 2012. Dir Christophe Cupelin. 90min. Digital. EST ONLY FEATURE IS An acclaimed documentary portrait and reconstructs Sankara’s life and A punk score by The Ex reflects A STONE-COLD of the brilliantly intelligent, radical, leadership challenge as well as the and responds to the radicalism and humane, public-spirited (and radical reforms brought about idealism of this iconic African leader. MASTERPIECE guitar-playing) former President of during his short term in office – OF 90S BRITISH Burkina Faso. The film is meticulously from 4 August 1983 until his tragic CINEMA’ composed from archival footage assassination on 15 October 1987. ANNA BOGUTSKAYA, EVENTS PROGRAMMER SAT 21 SEP 14:00 NFT1 REGULAR PROGRAMME Under the Skin (p45) book online at bfi.org.uk

REGULAR PROGRAMME 45 Tracks @BFI@BFI Stein also selects other work from the period as a way honouring of voices, andwomen’s reflecting on haswhat been possible through the creative manipulation the of image. This programme is presented in collaboration with Cinenova, who celebrate the 40th anniversary of their parent organisation, Circles – the UK’s first artists’ film and video distributor women. for

She Said and Tracks , G WED 18 SEP 18 WED 18:10 NFT3 EXPERIMENTA convention with break that works culture; moving-image alternative and Artist film Films by Susan The Lens: Feminist Avant-Garde Through Finding Her Voice Stein and Others + Q&A with Susan Stein TRT 100min For this month’s special Experimenta, award-winning camerawoman Susan Stein personally presents a selection herof formally playful, radical experimental films from the 1970s and 80s. Incorporating collage, paint on the celluloid and discursive explorations, were created a time at significant of change in the way alternative film was made and how production and distribution were organised.

In Iris, we see a true rarity the of screen:mess a hot a woman. of Iris is dealing with grief, desire, sex and boundaries, and the emotional process that of is portrayed with frankness and nuance by Samantha Morton in one her of most stunning performances. Also available on Supported by

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WED 4 SEP 4 WED NFT320:20 While the eldest, Rose (Rushbrook), moves on fairly quickly and finds comfortin her stable, married life, Iris (Morton) spirals control. of out Feeling suffocated by her boyfriend, she goes on a rampage anonymous of one-night stands. Carine Adler’s only feature-length film, UK 1997. Dir CarineUK 1997. Adler. With Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham. 83min. dealwho with the death their of mother in very different ways. + Q&A with director Carine Adler Under the Skin + Q&A with director

35mm 18 WOMAN WITH MOVIE A CAMERA celebrateWe women’s contributioncinema to and spotlightfemale stories PROJECTING THE ARCHIVE SILENT CINEMA A rare chance to see rediscovered British features from the BFI National Archive Enjoy the best international restorations, often with a live musical accompaniment

The Flesh and the Fiends + intro by Jonathan Rigby, Phantom of the Moulin Rouge Le Fantôme du Moulin-Rouge author of English Gothic France 1925. Dir René Clair. With Sandra Milovanoff, Georges Vaultier, José Davert, UK 1959. Dir John Gilling. With Peter Cushing, Donald Pleasence, June Laverick. 94min. Albert Préjean. 78min. Digital. With live piano accompaniment. EST. U 35mm 12A A young businessman, rejected by René Clair has fun in his first, To celebrate Donald Pleasence’s and Billie Whitelaw as the firebrand the woman he loves, is separated slightly messy, solo feature – centenary, join us for one of the most prostitute who comes between them. from his soul by a mad scientist. restored by Lobster Films from striking performances of his early John Gilling’s film was ahead of its Will it return before the autopsy film elements at CNC Paris and screen career. In this retelling of the time in its fusion of graphic horror on his earthly body starts? Is his the BFI National Archive. Burke and Hare story, Pleasence is and gallows humour, with a grimy disembodied spirit responsible flesh-crawlingly unctuous as the period flavour worthy of Hogarth or for the seemingly inexplicable shabby-genteel psychopath Hare; Dickens and a cynical tone prefiguring happenings around Paris? just as good are George Rose as his Witchfinder General. Pleasence himself 15 oafish confederate, Peter Cushing as called it ‘a really atmospheric film’ REGULAR PROGRAMME the fastidious anatomist they supply – and as a historical horror it has with suspiciously fresh ‘subjects’, few equals.

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A band of outlaws use time holes to This fun-for-all comedy sees a from across the galaxy crash-lands What happens when aliens jump between different historic widower (Grant) and his three near Mossy Bottom Farm and meet our farmyard favourites? events and en-route seem to pick up young children employ a charming causes mayhem. Shaun must try Let’s find out! BFI FAMILIES a schoolboy named Kevin… Before and sophisticated nanny (Loren). to get home before she’s captured long they meet Robin Hood (Cleese), When their initial home falls by a sinister organisation. Napoleon (Ian Holm), Agamemnon through, the family find themselves Aardman bring back Shaun, Timmy SUN 22 SEP (Sean Connery), an ogre and a giant, on a leaky old houseboat... and all our favourites for this 10:45 FOYER among others. With great visuals, See p28 for another screening, as part of our action-packed animated adventure. a witty script and an incredible cast, Cary Grant season is great fun. Time Bandits SUN 22 SEP See p19 for another screening, as part of our 12:15 NFT1 Monty Python season SUN 15 SEP 13:40 NFT3 SAT 7 SEP 13:10 NFT1

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS SUN 29 SEP UK 1996. Dir Terry Jones. With Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Steve Coogan, Stephen Fry. 87min. 12:30 NFT3 35mm U Kenneth Grahame’s classic tale about a vain toad who’s always bailed out by his friends gets a Pythonesque makeover with Terry Jones writing, directing and starring. Whether it’s a motor car or caravan, Mr Toad loves new things, but he needs to be

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‘Iris Murdoch’s philosophy has not yet been considered in dialogue with cinema. This original, passionate, and very compelling book corrects this. With abundant clarity and good humour, Lucy Bolton draws Murdoch into debates in Film Philosophy, showing how she sees film reshaping reality, and how for her, art, including cinema, is a way of learning about morality and goodness. Brilliant, versatile readings of contemporary films confirm the vivid interest in returning to Murdoch now.’ Emma Wilson, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge

‘This monograph breaks new ground as the first substantial work to both recognise Iris Murdoch’s engagement with cinema, and highlight the complementarity of Murdoch’s philosophical work to film. Bolton’s forging of new interdisciplinary links – with an emphasis on contemporary cinema – makes an accessible yet scholarly advance in this burgeoning field.’ Miles Leeson, Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre at the University of Chichester

Opens a dialogue between contemporary film and Iris Murdoch’s thinking on art, goodness and existentialism

Iris Murdoch was not only one of post-war Britain’s most celebrated and prolific novelists – she was also an influential philosopher, whose work was concerned with the question of the good and how we can see our moral worlds more clearly.

Murdoch believed that paying attention to art is a way for us to become less self-centred, and this book argues that cinema is the perfect form of art to enable us to do this. Bringing together Murdoch’s moral philosophy and contemporary cinema to build a dialogue about vision, ethics and love, author Lucy Bolton encourages us to view cinema as a way of studying other worlds and moral journeys, and to reflect upon their ethical significance in the world of the film and in our daily lives.

LUCY BOLTON is senior lecturer in film studies at Queen Mary University of London.

Cover image: The Edge of Heaven, 2007, Fatih Akin © Strand Releasing. Back cover: Iris Murdoch portrait London / Photo © Horst TAPPE Fondation / Bridgeman Images Cover design: www.paulsmithdesign.com

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